Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-24

a esaIecsI@m 81 Hnaaresalng Haeaas
aFsm IA Parts 81 the wagI@.
The waekly weather baiietfn nays
tnas The o1ly sessions of Fbs Ustted
STATES FepoFting ~ excess Of rainfall
dnFicg the psgs wsek weFs Nsrthegn New
koRiAnd. Osio, Western Pennsylvania,
Northwestern DzkSsss OssRsn, and
Washington Territory.
The Eew Yerk hlss Laws wsFe strictly
eufoFoed Nanoay. The scenes Of blue
Sunday we're re egsoted ~ the hossia.
most Of which wore deserted look
TIE TsEkish GoveEnmeEt. Ia q note
10 the Powers. says thai IL u unable 10
reeonciis the opposing parties 10 Bri-
eaudidafe for ths Bal aFian throne Who
vii be likely 70 suit the sobraSle.
The Grand Duke Of Baden, on lass
Saturday, opsned the nez Fatiwsy Be
tween FreicbuFR and Nsussadf. THIS
Esas wiii prove 8 great boon 20 Back
Forest so1rista-
TIE finest hotel Ia CoppsEspoIis, Cal,
known a. the Meadsr House, was en-
tiregy destroyed By Gre lest Saturday
might. Oriy aboat 500 worth of prop
eFty vas saved. The total loss IL esti-
mated Is from $500 30 SO coo. There
vas no insurance. The IRE vas evil
d1btiy tnosEdiafy.
TIE managers Of the leading clearing
houses In the United States repsrt tstal
0Fosa exshssees for the week ending
Nay II, 1887. 10 be 81, i02. 232 955, an
Increase Of 42.2 Ger cent.
Hong Di, the murderer ( Mrs. Billou,
at Sc. Johns, CoIuaa oounsy, vas cAuehs
Sunday BY l.. NJ. Schubert, g sewing
machine sRaRk. abozt 10 miles bslcw
Chico. and taken quiefiy 20 the real
denoe Of Mr.. ScaubeFt and fed, a. be
vas Ia an gmaeiateA condition for want
Of food. About noon S ihabeFt secured
fresh team, and With assistance
started for OFoville. Hong Di confessed
70 being the man wanted.
A farmer named Gibson. living near
S.ooktox, Cal. shot and killed bis 10
year-old son Demond, last night, uis-
taking him for q coon in the high grain.
Gibson had killed dove that dropped
Ia The grain, and seeing an OF sct NOV
ing toward the bird. be snppossd IL t.
be Q coon, there being many about that
boy bad been hiding 10 the grain and
his father knew nothing Of his presence,
aupposinR him 10 be 81 the house. The
charge entered the boys breast and be
died two boars after receiving it. Pie
father 10 heart broker.
A Gre originated in a saloon ia South
Butte. Mont, Saturday niRhs and de-
stroyed the entire block Ia which the
saloon was situated. j. z. Riehafd.'
oil warehouse. and Shirley's warehouse
wtEe alao Destroyed. Loss, e75. coo; To-
surance, SAC 600.
The new racing yacht Thistle lost her
bowspris aBd vas otherwise damaged 10
. run from the Clyde to Cowles, during
gale on Friday. While on the trip,
the Thistle rescued three men in life
boat belonging 10 the steamer Harka.
say, which had foundered. Sixteen
lives we're lost when the steamer vent
down. The lifebost originally carried
six persons, three Of whom suecumbed
TO pFivation.
A young man about 20 years OF sRe,
who gave the name Of @. y. Carson,
called ct the Oakland pelice head
quarters, on Sunday. and said that he
desired to get his ~ife out of Jail. lie
Informed the Chief of Police that be
bad iust arrived from Portland, and
bad come down on purpose to take his
wife back with bin. The girl, E,na
Carson. is emily rs years of age, and left
Der husbapa at Portland 70 Join the
Salvation Army. When she arrived in
this city tbs girl deserted the Army and
she was finally arrested for vaRraney
Her husband says her people are very
well connected 10 Portland. He will
take his wife back with bin on the next
steamer.
A telegram from Rome says that q
sum nary of the 80 called memoir Of
she Irish question has reached Il lme.
second inquiry at the Irish College
ELECTED another indignant denial OF any
knowiedee OF such a document, whion
10 declared 10 be a malicious aud stupid
invention, devoid OF the least prob
ability. The glazing absuFdity Of the
alleged memoir and the Ignorance It
displays are evident 30 sveFy one Who
olBsiders the nature and origin of the
Irish College. Their fore the opinion is
general that IL csuld not have come
from Rome. An Outrage sach az this
can only ocoas IN condition of sffaiFs
when men loss their honor and journals
sacrifice their deceneY In order TO ad.
vance party ends
@Ex Senator Van Wyck has written a
letter 20 the Secretary OF the Interior
asking that the appointment OF appFais-
ers OF the abandoned military ressrva.
tionRin Nebraska and Colorado, ankhor.
lied under the aos Of 1854 to DO sold. be
delayed sill the next meeting OF Con
Rress. He states that when Congress
last adjourned a. Amendments TO this
aci was upon the calendar having the
unanimous endorsement Of the Com
tnittee on Pablo Lands. the effect of
uhieh would have been, had 10 passed,
20 dispose of these lands 10 home
steadsrs instead Of by sale possibly 90
syndicates under the present Law. He
has no doubt THAI the appFaisals and
sale will Be delayed until Congress has
another chance to amend the Law.